About the book: 2004 / And one attempt after another was made, and the astronauts died, proving that Man is too weak for space. The life in his body is too fragile. He dies either from primary, solar radiation, or from secondary radiation arising in the metal of the ship itself. And in the end, Man realized the unrealizability of his dream and began to look at the stars, which were now further from him than ever, with bitterness and disappointment. After many years of struggle for space, having experienced hundreds of millions of failures, Man retreated. And he did the right thing. There was another way.